Warm Up Get out notebook Get a white sheet of paper from the first desk Get a pair of scissors from the plastic draw in

front of the SmartBoard You need 8 flashcards Have pencils and pens ready to go Notes over vocabulary words TEST: Thursday over words and skills tomorrow

Vocabulary Words

Apartheid A policy of racial separation used in

South Africa from 1948 to 1990 Fast Fact: Apartheid separated South

Africa into whites and non-whites What are some reasons for racial

discrimination like apartheid?

Aquifer An underground layer of rock and sand

that contains water. Fast Fact: An Aquifer is an important

source of water in a region. What are ways we can keep aquifers

clean for drinking and irrigation?

ArableLand that is suitable for planting crops

Arable land in a region is a rich natural resource. Used for agricultural purposes

Arable soil is most likely________

Arid A climate that is dry with little rainfall Fast Facts: Deserts are arid regions.

Very little vegetation can grow there because it rains so seldom. Sometimes deserts don’t see rain for several years.

What characteristics describe an arid climate?

Autocracy A government system where one leader

holds complete power. Fast Fact: the leader in an autocracy is

called a dictator. Citizens do not participate in government decisions in an autocracy.

Capital ResourcesAre man-made things we use to help us work, like factories, machines, and technologies.Fast Fact: a country makes more money when it has capital resourcesHow do these capital resources help us work?

Communism A political theory that all goods and

property should be owned by a whole society rather than by individual people.

Fast Fact: Americans who practice democracy are very different from communists. The United States fought against communism in Vietnam, the Cold War, and the Korean War.

Confederation A confederation is a loose allianceof

countries, states, and other political units.

Fast Fact: During the Civil War, the southern states created the Confederate States of America.